Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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June 12, 2007

Despite Reports, All EMI-CMG Titles Aren't Available DRM-Free At iTunes

At the following link, we read:
http://www.cmspin.com/newsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=4331&z=26
"This week, Apple launched its iTunes Plus option, featuring music from EMI artists -- including EMI CMG's ENTIRE digital catalogue -- in a higher quality DRM-free format."

Later in the article, the writer adds:
"From award winners Chris Tomlin, tobyMac, Nichole Nordeman and Steven Curtis Chapman to newcomers Mandisa and Britt Nicole, EVERY EMI CMG favorite is now accessible in DRM-free format via iTunes Plus..."

(The emphases on the words "entire" and "every" are mine.)

The truth isn't quite that rosy. If you've upgraded to iTunes 7.2 by now, type in "Steven Curtis Chapman" and see how many of his releases are available in the new iTunes Plus format. Chapman has recorded for EMI's Sparrow label his entire career, but The Great Adventure is only available in the old DRM-crippled format that has been around since iTunes began. The same goes for More To This Life, For The Sake Of The Call, Signs Of Life, Heaven In The Real World, and others. Only a minority of titles from Chapman's vast repertoire are in the DRM-free format as of this moment.

I was wanting to buy the alternate versions of "The Great Adventure" off of The Live Adventure, but that recording is still crippled by DRM as well.

You'd think if EMI wasn't going to be totally honest in their press release, they'd make sure they were telling the truth about the six artists whose names they listed as examples at the very least. DUH!

Admittedly, the ratio is much better for Nordeman, Tomlin, and tobyMac who have smaller "catalogues" than Chapman, but even those artists have at least one CD that isn't DRM free yet. They could just as easily have said "some" or "most" rather than "entire."

They must think we're all too dumb to notice they fibbed to us. Well, one of us isn't.

Release the music already...or stop saying you've released it all until you really have.

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posted by David Bruce Murray @ 2:20:00 AM


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